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April 29, 2008

Shop Around

I've never met most of my regular blog readers, am email pals with a few, but appreciate all of you. Nicole is one who has often tipped me off to fascinating topics that she thinks might be worth sharing.

"In 1997, I picked up a discarded grocery list at a St. Louis
supermarket. I found it to be a fascinating glimpse into a stranger's
life and decided to pick them up whenever I found one. In 2000, I
posted my collection of about 40 lists to the web. By 2004, when the
New York Times Magazine profiled me and this collection, I had about
500. In early 2006 I started working on a book about these lost lists
and by the time it was published in May 2007, there were 1,600 lists on
the site (with thousands more yet to be scanned and posted).

The book, 'Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found',
features about 200 of the best: The funniest, the weirdest, the
saddest, the strangest, the unhealthiest and more. Simply put, it is a
strange, fascinating and hilarious look at other peoples' discarded
grocery lists. Published by HOW Books, it's hardcover, 240 pages,
full-color — a beautiful compilation of shopping habits, spelling
quirks and good fun. Learn more about the book at www.milkeggsvodka.com."

"List #1261: Hmmm. Considering this is New Year's Eve, I'd say this person has a
pretty damn awesome night lined up, even if they are going solo and
doing a little math on the side."

Comments

Thank you Bean & Nicole! I had read about a book by Hilary Carlip that I recently checked out of the library that was similar to this, but it only had about 20 lists with commentary, etc. They were funny, but I finished it in about 10 minutes and thought "that's it??" and was wondering how/why it was a book and not a website. NOW, I have the website and will enjoy! Thanks again for the tip!
Maria

I totally look for other people's shopping lists when I am at the store! They are such fun to read and obviously I'm not alone.
I ALWAYS have a grocery list when I go--I am short-term-memory-impaired (too many drugz in the hippie days!). I was so bummed a few weeks ago when someone STOLE my list out of my cart! I'll look for it on the site.

Oh WoW! I'm glad everybody enjoyed the site, it's addicting. And thanks Bean! I feel famous being in someone's blog for a day. LOL. While I was work today one of my grocery lists that I had printed from my e-mail fell out of my bag. I was about to throw it away when I realized that my name was on it and I didn't want it to end up on the list, so I brought it home to shred. I'm paranoid now.

After reading this entry on your blog, I posted about this book on my online community (pearljam message pit) and before I knew it, one of my online friends there had fed exed the book to me!! It's a great read and hilarious! I was quite surprised to receive it after just mentioning it online to friends (i've never met IN REAL LIFE). Now this is what I'll be purchasing for my mom for mothers day.
Thanks bean and nicole!